Brain Implants - The Good And The Evil Possibilities

What comes to mind?

Endless possibilities.. Imagine newborns that become Brainiacs instantly.
Post By LedaOhio9 | Beforeitsnews

This tech amazes and scares me at the same time. They can already give sound to the deaf and now soon sight to the blind, just incredible.
Imagine having perfect memory or having Google search merely a thought away as explained in this report. Although, this would be great, IMO.. the possibility of abuse from ‘Big Brother’ goes beyond smart meters monitoring how many times you flush.

Read the report and watch the video explaining where they are with this technology and see if you’d be up for that perfect Golf Swing or Google implant.

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That won’t happen in the next decade or maybe even in the one after that. But before the end of the century, our computer keyboards and trackpads will seem like a joke; even Google Glass 3.0 will seem primitive. Why would you project information onto your eyes (partly occluding your view) when you could write information into your brain so your mind can directly interpret it? Why should a computer wait for you to say or type what you mean rather than anticipating your needs before you can even articulate them?

By the end of this century, and quite possibly much sooner, every input device that has ever been sold will be obsolete. Forget the “heads-up” displays that the high-end car manufactures are about to roll out, allowing drivers to see data without looking away from the road. By the end of the century, many of us will be wired directly into the cloud, from brain to toe.

Will these devices make our society as a whole happier, more peaceful and more productive? What kind of world might they create?

Brain implants today are where laser eye surgery was several decades ago, fraught with risk, applicable only to a narrowly defined set of patients – but a sign of things to come. NYU Professor of Psychology Gary Marcus discusses on Lunch Break.
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